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This custom ebook includes chapters from Life Span Motor Development, Sixth Edition, and Motor Learning and Performance, Fifth Edition. It has been specifically designed for students taking the course Motor Development and Learning (PE 383) at Slippery Rock University.

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Custom ebook for students taking the course Motor Development and
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Table of Contents

Fundamental Concepts
From Life Span Motor Development, Sixth Edition

Early Motor Development
From Life Span Motor Development, Sixth Edition

Development of Human Locomotion
From Life Span Motor Development, Sixth Edition

Development of Ballistic Skills
From Life Span Motor Development, Sixth Edition

Development of Manipulative Skills
From Life Span Motor Development, Sixth Edition

Sensory-Perceptual Development
From Life Span Motor Development, Sixth Edition

Introduction to Motor Learning and Performance: How Skills Are Studied
From Motor Learning and Performance, Fifth Edition

Processing Information and Making Decisions: The Mental Side of Human Performance
From Motor Learning and Performance, Fifth Edition

Organizing and Scheduling Practice: How the Structure of Practice Influences Learning
From Motor Learning and Performance, Fifth Edition

About the Author

Kathleen M. Haywood, PhD, is a professor and associate dean for
academic programs at the University of Missouri at St. Louis, where she
has researched life span motor development and taught courses in motor
behavior and development, sport psychology, and biomechanics. She earned
her PhD in motor behavior from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign in 1976.

Haywood is a fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology and the
Research Consortium of the Society for Health and Physical Education
(SHAPE). She is also a recipient of SHAPE’s Mabel Lee Award. Haywood has
served as president of the North American Society for the Psychology of
Sport and Physical Activity and as chairperson of the Motor Development
Academy of SHAPE.

Haywood is also the coauthor of four editions of Archery: Steps to
Success and of Teaching Archery: Steps to Success, published
by Human Kinetics. She resides in Saint Charles, Missouri, and in her
free time enjoys fitness training, tennis, and dog training.

Nancy Getchell, PhD, is an associate professor at the University
of Delaware in Newark. For nearly 30 years, Getchell has investigated
developmental motor control and coordination in children with and
without disabilities. She teaches courses in motor development, motor
control and learning, research methods, and women in sport.

Getchell is a professional member of the North American Society for the
Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, the International Society of
Motor Control, and the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition
and Physical Activity. She is a research fellow for the Research
Consortium of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD). From 2005 to 2009, Getchell served as
editor for the Growth and Motor Development section of Research
Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. Getchell has also served as the
chairperson of the AAHPERD Motor Development and Learning Academy.

Getchell obtained her PhD from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in
1996 in kinesiology with a specialization in motor development. In 2001,
Getchell was the recipient of the Lolas E. Halverson Young Investigators
Award in motor development.

Getchell resides in Wilmington, Delaware, where she enjoys hiking,
geocaching, and bicycling.

Richard A. Schmidt, PhD, is a professor emeritus in the
department of psychology at UCLA. He currently runs his own consulting
firm, Human Performance Research, working in the area of human factors
and human performance. Known as one of the leaders in research on motor
behavior, Dr. Schmidt has more than 35 years' experience in this area
and has published widely.

The originator of schema theory, Dr. Schmidt founded the Journal of
Motor Behavior in 1969 and was editor for 11 years. He authored the
first edition of Motor Control and Learning in 1982, followed up
with a second edition of the popular text in 1988, and collaborated with
Tim Lee for the third edition in 1999 and fourth edition in 2005.

Dr. Schmidt received an honorary doctorate from Catholic University of
Leuven, Belgium, in recognition of his work. Schmidt is a member of the
North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity
(of which he was president in 1982), the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society, and the Psychonomic Society. Dr. Schmidt has received the C.H.
McCloy Research Lectureship from the American Alliance for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

Timothy D. Lee, PhD, is a professor in the department of
kinesiology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He has
published extensively in motor behavior and psychology journals since
1979. More recently, he has contributed as an editor to Journal of
Motor Behavior and Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
and as an editorial board member for Psychological Review. Since
1984 his research has been supported by grants from the Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Dr. Lee is a member and past president of the Canadian Society for
Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS) and a member of the
North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity
(NASPSPA), the Psychonomic Society, and the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society. In 1980 Dr. Lee received the inaugural Young Scientist Award
from SCAPPS; in 1991-92 he received a senior research fellowship from
the Dienst Onderzoekscoordinatie of Catholic University in Leuven,
Belgium; and in 2005 he presented a prestigious senior scientist lecture
at NASPSPA.

In his leisure time, Dr. Lee enjoys playing hockey and golf. He has
maintained a lifelong fascination with blues music and would one day
love to put years of motor learning study into practice by learning to
play blues guitar.

Physical Literacy on the Move was written to help educators of children and youths from grades K through 12 teach high-quality and fun games and activities that support the unique needs of their learners as they develop physical literacy.

Most coaching books start with a discussion of the importance of creating a coaching philosophy and follow up with a section on creating goals. But to define a coaching philosophy and set goals, you must first understand and express why you coach and what principles will guide how you coach.

"I don’t know, Mom, I just feel burned out." As a parent, what would you do if you heard this? We all have a vague understanding of burnout, but should we advise our kids to drop out, take a break, make some changes, or suck it up?